Sundre, Gotland

Sundre

Hoburgen in Sundre
Sundre
Coordinates: 56°56′9″N 18°10′54″E / 56.93583°N 18.18167°E / 56.93583; 18.18167Coordinates: 56°56′9″N 18°10′54″E / 56.93583°N 18.18167°E / 56.93583; 18.18167
Country Sweden
Province Gotland
County Gotland County
Municipality Gotland Municipality
Area[1]
 • Total 20.71 km2 (8.00 sq mi)
Population (2014)[2]
 • Total 24
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)

Sundre is a settlement on the Swedish island of Gotland. Formerly a socken,[3] on 1 January 2016, it was reconstituted into the administrative area Sundre District.[4]

Geography

Sundre is the name of the socken, now district. It is also the name of the small village surrounding the medieval Sundre Church,[5] sometimes referred to as Sundre kyrkby. It is the southernmost socken on the island, situated on the south tip of Gotland on the Storsudret peninsula.[6] On the south coast of Sundre is the Hoburg lighthouse as well as the sea stack area known as Hoburgen. One of the stacks is the noted Hoburgsgubben ("Old Man Hoburg").[1][6][7]

South of Hoburgen is the Hoburg Shoal bird reserve.[8]

One of the asteroids in the asteroid belt, 9374 Sundre, is named after this place.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 Carlquist, Gunnar, ed. (1947–1955). "Sundre socken". Svensk Uppslagsbok (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Malmö: Förlagshuset Norden.
  2. ↑ "Gotland i siffror 2015" [Gotland in numbers 2015]. www.gotland.se. Gotland Municipality. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  3. ↑ The exact extent of the socken, now district, can be obtained by clicking on Kartinställningar and check the Socken box in the menu of this map from the Swedish National Heritage Board database.
  4. ↑ "Förordning om district" [Regulation of districts] (PDF). Ministry of Finance. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  5. ↑ Lagerlöf, Erland; Svahnström, Gunnar (1973). Gotlands kyrkor [Gotland's Churces] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Rabén & Sjögren. pp. 248–250. ISBN 91-29-41035-5. LIBRIS 7232718.
  6. 1 2 "Sundre". www.ne.se. Nationalencyklopedin. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  7. ↑ Sjögren, Otto, ed. (1931). Sverige: geografisk beskrivning. D. 2, Östergötlands, Jönköpings, Kronobergs, Kalmar och Gotlands län [Sweden: geographical description D.2. Östergötland, Jönköping, Kronoberg, Kalmar och Gotland county]. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand. LIBRIS 9939.
  8. ↑ "Official Record for Hoburgs bank". www.protectedplanet.net. Protected Planet. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  9. ↑ "9374 Sundre (1993 FJ46)". NASA. Retrieved 2 June 2016.


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